Solid Gold
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
November 16, 2024–July 6, 2025
Four hundred objects—including medieval altarpieces, Japanese screens, and jewelry by the likes of Anna Sui, Christian Dior, and Gianfranco Ferré—celebrate an element that, in the organizers’ words, “has symbolized beauty, honor, joy, ritual, spirituality, success, and wealth throughout history.” The exhibition also explores the darker side of gold, including the human and environmental costs of extracting it.
Photo courtesy of the Brooklyn Museum
This fourth-century Roman gold bracelet, embellished with emeralds, sapphires, and glass, is one of over 500 shiny works on display in Solid Gold at the Brooklyn Museum.